throughout the United States and Europe‚ and the letters he wrote during his wanderings were later published. Many of O’Flaherty’s works of fiction have common themes of nature and Ireland; some his best short stories were written in Irish.In 1923‚ O’Flaherty published his first novel‚ Thy Neighbour’s Wife‚ thought to be one of his best. In 1935‚ his novel The Informer (for which he had been awarded the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction) was made into a film by the well-known
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action‚ hence the Corfu Incident and the occupation of Fiume in 1923. By an agreement signed at Rapallo in 1920‚ Fiume was to be a ‘free city’‚ used jointly by Italy and Yugoslavia; after Italian troops moved in‚ Yugoslavia agreed that it should belong to Italy. After these early successes‚ Mussolini became more cautious‚ perhaps alarmed by Italy’s isolation at the time of Corfu. After 1923‚ his policy falls roughly into two phases: 1923-34 At this stage Mussolini’s policy was determined by rivalry
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Guide to GCSE History exam – Unit 2 Depth Study 1 hour 15 minutes Question 1 1a (source inference) What can you learn from source A about…? 4 marks (6 minutes) Source A: From a book about the history of Germany‚ published in 2009. On the evening of 27 February 1933‚ the Reichstag building was destroyed by a massive fire. A young Dutchman‚ a Communist supporter called Marinus van der Lubbe‚ was caught on the site. Van der Lubbe was put on trial‚ found guilty and executed. But his
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attracted to more than the present. Each of these authors have different opinions on how art is viewed and conceived‚ however they unite from similar points in their views. All art is art‚ and shouldn’t be dismissed. In “’Statement to Marius De Zayas‚’ 1923‚” Picasso states that art has to convince people of its truthfulness. In his article‚ Picasso defends the art of cubism.—because cubism‚ like many other types of art‚ is not understood yet by most people. However‚ cubism isn’t any different from a
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has a pointless story to tell about people from her hometown with weird names. Nobody ever pays any attention to Rose and they always seem to be annoyed by her. Thirdly‚ there is Dorothy Zbornak‚ she is played by Beatrice Arthur‚ "Bea" was born 1923‚ in New York City. Dorothy is the intelligent one of the bunch; she is a substitute history teacher. She never has a
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Her First Ball is a 1921 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published in The Sphere on 28 November 1921‚ and later reprinted in The Garden Party and Other Stories. Plot summary A young girl called Leila has come to the city to stay with her cousins‚ the Sheridan’s (who also appear in "The Garden Party.") As the story opens‚ they are going to a ball (A formal gathering for social dancing). Leila is very excited: this is her first ball. Once there‚ she is both excited and terrified
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How Far Was Stresemann Responsible For The Recovery of The Weimar Republic? 1923 was an extremely crucial time for Germany with a great shift in culture‚ economy and government. It was falling apart; the German economy had collapsed due to the striking between German workers and French occupiers. Hyperinflation rose so much that the German people were forced to using suitcases and wheelbarrows to carrying money not to mention the fact that the collapse of the currency caused even more havoc
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The Equal Rights Amendment "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." In 1923‚ this statement was admitted to Congress under the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). The ERA was a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution granting equality between men and women under the law. If the Era was passed‚ it would have made unconstitutional any laws that grant one sex different rights than the other
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On August 13‚ 1923‚ Gustav Stresemann was appointed Chancellor during a problematic time for the Weimar Republic. There were still huge economic‚ political and social problems following the First World War. The Weimar Government had been forced to accept the humiliating and crippling terms of the Treaty Of Versailles meaning Germany was put under a huge amount of strain. Germany’s standing in the world had been limited greatly by the Treaty as well. Stresemann had to address these problems and begin
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and operates the pleasure principle‚ which seeks good or bad attention like a newborn child. Second‚ is known as the ego. The ego as Freud states‚ “Is that part of the id which has been modified by the direct influence of the external world” (Freud 1923). So in other words‚ the ego is a more mature version of the id. This section of one’s life seeks pleasure just as much as the id‚ yet the ego is precautious and aware of the consequences and “pain” it may cause. “Often the ego is weak
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